ffective and proven self-defense/martial arts tactics. The system of realistic defense provides women with the knowledge necessary to make an educated decision about resistance. The R.A.D. System is the only self-defense program ever endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators(http://www.wpi.edu/~police/rad.html).StART, or Students Against Rape Together, is an incorporated student group organized to create a rape-free environment they earned "Outstanding Student Organization of the Year" for the advances they made in promoting rape awareness and education on campus. For more information about StART or information on how you may become involved email: acronick@willamette.edu(http://www.willamette.edu/org/start/).Woman Organized Against Rape (WOAR) was born in 1973 when a small group of women joined together to challenge police, hospitals and courts to treat survivors of sexual assault with dignity and compassion - and to confront the culture of violence against women that underlies the crime of rape. Today WOAR is a vita nonprofit organization whose staff and volunteers together provide comprehensive sexual assault counseling and advocacy services and community education and training. WOAR counseling services are provided free of charge and are available to women and girls and men and boys who experience sexual abuse and/or assault(http://www.woar.org/about_us.html). Sad to say sexual harassment and rape are daily occurrences throughout the United States. If you have read this entire research paper and are still confused and wondering, why do I need to know about rape and sexual harassment, here are four reasons. Girls must learn not to be victims. Boys need to learn to respect girls and that “no” means “no.” We need to learn to help rape victims(Shuker-Haines 13)....
